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| image = [[File:The spiral galaxy NGC 941 photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.jpg|250px]]
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| image = [[File:The spiral galaxy NGC 941 photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.jpg|250px]]
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| epoch = [[J2000]]
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| constellation name = [[Cetus (constellation)|Cetus]]
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| constellation name = [[Cetus (constellation)|Cetus]]
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”’NGC 941”’ is an [[intermediate spiral galaxy]] in the [[Cetus (constellation)|constellation Cetus]]. It is an estimated 16.83 MPc (55 million [[light-year]]s)<ref name=Cosmicflows3/> from the [[Milky Way]] and has a [[diameter]] of approximately 55,000 light years. The galaxies [[NGC 926]], [[NGC 934]], [[NGC 936]], [[NGC 955]] are located in the same sky area. NGC 941 was discovered by
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”’NGC 941”’ is an [[intermediate spiral galaxy]] in the [[Cetus (constellation)|constellation Cetus]]. It is an estimated 16.83 MPc (55 million [[light-year]]s)<ref name=Cosmicflows3/> from the [[Milky Way]] and has a [[diameter]] of approximately 55,000 light years. The galaxies [[NGC 926]], [[NGC 934]], [[NGC 936]], [[NGC 955]] are located in the same sky area. NGC 941 was discovered by astronomer [[William Herschel]] on 6 January 1785.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in-the-sky.org/data/object.php?id=NGC941|title=The galaxy NGC 941 – In-The-Sky.org|last=Ford|first=Dominic|website=in-the-sky.org|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC941|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 941|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2020-03-26}}</ref>
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==Supernova==
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One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 941: SN 2005ad ([[Type_II_supernova|type II]], mag. 17.4).<ref>{{cite simbad|title=SN 2005ad|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>[https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2005ad Transient Name Server entry for SN 2005ad.] Retrieved 2 November 2023.</ref>
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One [[supernova]] has been observed in NGC 941.
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* ”’SN 2005ad”’ ([[Type II supernova|Type II]], mag. 17.4) was discovered by [[Kōichi Itagaki]] on 6 February 2005.<ref>{{cite simbad | title=SN 2005ad |access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN 2005ad | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2005ad | publisher = [[International Astronomical Union|IAU]] | access-date=23 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Nakano |first1=S. |last2=Itagaki |first2=K. |title=Supernovae 2005ab and 2005ad |journal=International Astronomical Union Circular |date=2005 |issue=8479 |page=1 |bibcode=2005IAUC.8479….1N | url = http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/08400/08479.html#Item1}}</ref>
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== References ==
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== References ==
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